by Matthew Russell Lee, Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Aug 30 – In the closing arguments on March 6, 2024 AUSA Tarlow said that narco trafficking had grown under Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez. On March 7, out of the hearing of the jury and for then the Press, JOH's lawyer Stabile said he'd heard different overnight.
From who?
The defendant's wife he said.
Was this just a play for a mistrial?
Judge Castel concluded it was, and denied Stabile's motion, Order on Patreon here.
Later on March 8, the verdict, here- then the book Narco Drama in English then Spanish.
On August 28, successor President Xiomara Castro asked Honduran Foreign Minister Enrique Reina to "denounce" the country's extradition treaty with the United States.
Amid that on August 30, another sentencing, thread
OK - - now at sentencing of Honduras military official Freddy Alonso Archaga Hernandez for leaking info to drug trafficking gang - this just after Honduras moved to end narco extraditions to the US
Defense lawyer: Because of who he is, it has been hard for him in jail Judge: What is the status of his immigration case? Defense: He doesn't have a lawyer in that, it is in Florida.
Defendant: I am sorry. Here in the US I have had to work construction jobs.
Judge: I am varying down to 20 months [US asked for 30 months] Mr Hernandez helped drug gangs evade capture, but he did not engage in violence.
The case is US v. Archaga Hernandez, 24-cr-337 (Clarke)
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